Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi Review
Sometimes a pot-pourri, no matter how unoriginal in its recipe, can turn out to be something delectable. Mahesh Manjrekar’s movie Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi is just that.
A full timepass fantasy film has entertaining performances by Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi. The special effects are gelled well with the happenings on the screen. In very few bollywood movies you see this happening.
The movie is the tale of Aditya (Shahid Kapur). He lives in a big house with his grandmother, sister, brother and many children who are his nephews and nieces. He is in love with Piya (Amrita Rao), who tutors the children.
Aditya has shown to have many responsibilities on his shoulders and before he could fulfill his responsibilities, he meets with an accident and dies.
From the haze of clouds emerges the modern, tech-savvy, suited booted Yamaraj (Sanjay Dutt). As Lord Yama himself declares while riding with the deceased in his vintage car to the gates of heaven, ‘times have changed’ even in the other world.
Aditya pleads with Yamaraj to let him return to earth to fulfill the unfinished tasks the emotionaal lord of death gives the young man a chance. The only hitch is that back on earth, none would be able to see or hear Aditya, nor would he be able to touch anything. Added to that is the deadline of just a few days granted to Aditya for his return from the earthly sojourn.
When Aditya returns to earth, along with a young kid named Shakti, he finds that his family and the people he cared for are in trouble. Unable to help them, he seeks divine intervention from Fakira BPCM (Arshad Warsi), a self-styled guru who can see and hear spirits.
Fakira invokes lord Hanuman and grants Aditya and Shakti superpowers. The two then set out to teach the baddies a lesson. In the meantime, Yamaraj enjoys earthly pleasures.
Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi borrows from more than one Hollywood movie, but the way Manjrekar has put everything together in a single story and presented it in the Indian fasion is awesome.
Shahid Kapur delivers a competent performance. The actor has begun to show shades of his original acting style rather than imitating a senior superstar, as he did in the past.
Amrita Rao plays her part with ease. She shares a very comfortable chemistry with Shahid.
